Studies conducted in forests have resulted in much of the ecological theory we build upon
today. However, our basic understanding of forest ecology comes almost exclusively from …

Disturbances are widespread and may affect community assembly, species composition,(
functional) diversity and hence ecosystem processes. It remains still unclear to what extent …

Shifting cultivation has been attributed to causing large-scale deforestation and forest
degradation in tropical forest-agriculture frontiers. This view has been embedded in many …

In the tropics, shifting cultivation has long been attributed to large scale forest degradation,
and remains a major source of uncertainty in forest carbon accounting. In the Philippines …

Shifting cultivation is a widespread land‐use in the tropics that is considered a major threat
to rainforest diversity and structure. In the Philippines, a country with rich biodiversity and …

African migrants in Europe and continental Africans are disproportionately affected by type 2
diabetes (T2D). Both groups develop T2D at a younger age, and have higher morbidity and …

In Amazonia, a growing body of studies has shown that rainforests were affected by human
occupation in many areas during pre-Columbian times, inducing changes in their floristic …

Key messages The altered proportion of Korean pine to broadleaved tree species following
selective logging strongly affected post-harvest regeneration and species coexistence …

This study quantifies the effect of low-to moderate-intensity anthropogenic activities and
natural activities affecting less than 40% of the canopy cover on major plant functional traits …

Con el fin de comparar la riqueza, diversidad y composición de especies de murciélagos, se
capturaron murciélagos frugívoros utilizando redes de niebla en 4 bosques secundarios …